White burgers, Black cash : fast food from Black exclusion to exploitation

White burgers, Black cash : fast food from Black exclusion to exploitation / Naa Oyo A. Kwate.

"White Burgers, Black Cash traces the evolution in fast food from the early 1900s to the present, from its long history of racist exclusion to its current damaging embrace of urban Black communities. Deeply researched, compellingly told, and brimming with surprising details, this book reveals t...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Kwate, Naa Oyo A. (Author)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Minneapolis : University of Minnesota Press, [2023]
Subjects:
African Americans > Food.
Fast food restaurants > United States > History.
African Americans > Social conditions.
African Americans > Economic conditions.
Convenience foods > Social aspects > United States.
Convenience foods > Economic aspects > United States.
SOCIAL SCIENCE / Ethnic Studies / African American Studies
African Americans > Economic conditions
African Americans > Social conditions
Convenience foods > Social aspects
Fast food restaurants
United States
History
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:"White Burgers, Black Cash traces the evolution in fast food from the early 1900s to the present, from its long history of racist exclusion to its current damaging embrace of urban Black communities. Deeply researched, compellingly told, and brimming with surprising details, this book reveals the inequalities embedded in America's popular national food tradition"--
Physical Description:1 online resource (xix, 450 pages) : illustrations, maps
Bibliography:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:1452968772
9781452968780
1452968780
9781452968773
Source of Description, Etc. Note:Description based on online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on March 27, 2023).

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